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(The episode begins with Arnold who is in a kind of planetarium with TJ. They are coming out of the exhibition).
Arnold— - Well, I learn about space every day.
TJ: - Yeah, too bad the girls preferred to be pampered in a SPA, but we'll tell them everything. (They sit on a bench.) You know, I realize that I have never studied space in class.
Arnold— - Oh well?
TJ— - No. Finally, I had a teacher who in my opinion must have come from another planet. His name was Monsieur E (note: In French, the guy was called Monsieur Z).
(The rest of the episode is a flashback recap. We see what happens while TJ is talking).
TJ— - I didn't like this teacher at all. He was really a jerk. He earned everyone's esteem, but he had a way of teaching, my man, even my great-great-grandmother would have done better than him with a SpongeBob SquarePants book. And then, there was the day of the presentations, and that day, I prepared a thank you and recovery card for our hospitalized teacher, Mrs Grotke. He was just a replacement. He signed it and he applauded. So I was happy.
Arnold— - Why do you say that you didn't like him?
TJ— - Because then, he went to the principal Prickly (the sequel is a new flashback) and he started telling him that I was just a cheeky and boring little kid. I had entrusted him with the recovery card for Grotke so that Prickly could sign it and this asshole tore it up before even entering his office. Vince, who was coming out of the infirmary that day, told me that. But wait, you don't know the worst. The teacher comes back to me some time later and he tells me that his secret agent nonsense was a pipe dream and that, in fact, he wanted to become a teacher for younger children. So, I gave him an idea in my own way. I went to tell him that what Prickly liked was when we would stand under his window and sing some silly songs.
And guess what, this guy took the bait.
E (in the flashback) : - Hello little children, it's Guignol.
Pete (enraged): - Shut the fuck up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (E, who is a karateka, tries to defend himself, but Pete is faster and shoots a lead cartridge in his buttocks. E runs away screaming.)
Pete— - That'll teach you, you bastard. And I'm going to tell Detweiler to make a new card for Mrs Grotke, if you think I didn't see the pieces that had fallen out of your pocket, I'm pretty sure it was you who tore it up. (Fades to black).